The Intel fanboys can say what they want about AMD, but this only confirms to me that the AM4 platform is the greatest in PC history. Never before has a platform been able to do something like this (or at least, nobody allowed one to). I'd like to say that Intel got schooled on how to design a platform but I'm fairly certain that Intel changes motherboards before it's necessary just so that they can soak consumers for more chipsets. Just think of the e-waste reduction from having three generations of motherboards that you don't need to upgrade. That's literally millions of motherboards per year.
Steve, I know that you think that the A320 boards are "pretty garbage" (I can actually hear you saying it in my head...
) but when you stop and think about it, the A-series boards make the most sense with CPUs like the 5800X3D because its multiplier is locked. Since the biggest disadvantage of the A-series boards is the fact that they don't support overclocking, I do believe that they're worth a look.
I personally think that it would be hilarious to see the R7-5800X3D beat the i7-12700KF in gaming using a lowly A320 motherboard. I'm actually now thinking of trying out an R7-3800X3D on my Biostar A320MH just for $hits and giggles.
Before you ask why I even have a Biostar A320MH board...
I was throwing a mining rig together for my RX 5700 XT but I had loaned out my ASRock X370 Killer SLI board to my stepfather while his ASUS X570 TUF Gaming was being RMA'd so that he'd have a working computer. So, I needed a motherboard to pop my R7-1700 into and I really didn't care which one as long as it was cheap. Well, it was on clearance at Canada Computers for $40CAD, about the same price as a stick of DDR4-2400. This was at a time when so many others were up around the $200 mark (about 6 months ago) and GPU mining doesn't need overclocking. So I got it and an 8GB DDR4-2400 stick ($35CAD) for mining.
Of course, then I came across that lovely reference RX 6800 XT for about $500 below the general going price at the time so I ended up dusting off my old FX-8350 and 990FX board because it could handle more than 1 GPU. The A320MH has been gathering dust with my R7-1700 installed in it ever since. Still, an AM4 motherboard at $40CAD is never a bad buy.